game to me. Soccer has been consuming my time‚ thoughts‚ and body since my parents signed me up for small-time recreational soccer twelve years ago that developed into extremely competitive travel soccer. They‚ perhaps unknowingly‚ threw me headlong into a life of traveling countless miles‚ long nights of practice‚ and an unforgettable amount of tears‚ sweat‚ and bloodshed. All which persisted over the course of my extensive soccer career. Before you judge my parents for their oppressiveness‚ hear
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being‚ I have had my fair share of challenges to face. My parents were born and raised in Mexico. Being from the type of family both my parents had‚ education was not an option and no importance was taken toward it. They both dropped out of high school and began to work in factories to help their families with financial problems. They realized how hard it was to earn a living and to maintain a family without a proper education. When I was four years old and my sister was nine‚ my parents made the
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Dexter was smaller than everyone throughout his entire life. Dexter being short made life a little harder than it would have been otherwise‚ but all of the bullying and the overlooking he had to deal with gave him thick skin. He had problems at home like most people but his were a little worse and he was always looking for an escape or a happy place. Then one day on a walk he stumbled onto a basketball court‚ and that was the day that changed his life forever. He was 10 years old and most of the people
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Lupus turned my life completely around. By the time I was 13 the doctors discovered that I had lupus‚ in my immune system. I couldn’t do things that I wish that I could’ve done at such a young age. Joining sports isn’t an option for me because I have to take things easy. Doing anything that can cause my lupus to react would be bad for me. Ever since I was diagnosed with lupus‚ I have always tried to take things easy so that I wouldn’t end up in the hospital.My lupus transformed my personal development
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Hope has always kept me strong and has helped me move forward in my life. Without hope one would not be able to face everyday challenges. The challenges that I was faced with have benefited me in ways that not only have an impact on me‚ but also benefit others. The first thing I remember was the cold concrete school floor. Everything around me was spinning and I had no idea where I was. My body felt numb. I glanced to my right where I saw the dark shoes of a paramedic. “Everything is going to be
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by listening to the flow of music is inexpressible. Nothing compares. My sophomore year I was given a choice: Either continue in the solo classical piano I had played my whole life‚ or join jazz band and put effort into learning a new style of music. I chose jazz. The comping‚ sight-reading‚ and working with a group of people made jazz crazily different from classical. I loved it. I would listen to jazz for hours to discover how to make the keys sing like Count Basie and Oscar Peterson.
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do know the profound impact sports have had on my adult life. I was struggling to reconnect with who I was when I was younger. Many ways were suggested on how I should go about this‚ but my favorite suggestion came from my family. They showed me many pictures and videos of me playing sports‚ horsing around with team mates‚ and holding trophies or awards. In every shred of those digital memories‚ there was an unmistakable happiness in my eyes‚ and in my smile. This immediately drew me in. From that
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Living in "the hood" in Weslaco‚TX surrounded by my entire family was really a fundamental thing in my life. When i say entire‚ I mean literally all of us live a minute maybe two away from each other‚ and some of us were even neighbors. Now things are a little different and we may have scattered around all over Weslaco but we remain united and always available if one of us needed each other. My cousins and I would always be together‚ Literally 24/7. Sometimes we would fight and i look back and
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do was to stare at the only thing in the room that was able to grasp my attention: a shiny‚ red drum set. I migrated to the back corner of the room where it sat unoccupied‚ took my place on the stool‚ picked up some sticks‚ and immediately felt at home. At that moment‚ it was clear to me that playing music was what I was meant to do. Immediately wanting to join the band‚ I knew the only obstacle in my way would be convincing my parents. After all‚ neither one of them is musical in any way. At dinner
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community‚ there was little diversity where i was from. From racist slurs to actually yelling at a minority‚ i could tell there was a problem at the age of 6. When my mom and I moved after my parents divorce‚ we lived in a primarily black community. Over the next six years of my life‚ I did not only expand my knowledge‚ but I learned how to accept and embrace others whom were different than myself. When I was
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